The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-07

stand when IL was not necessary for
them TO stand. Therefore, l add 10 the
protest of physicians the protest OF the
Christian Church; and in the name OF
good health, and of that God, who has
made the womanly constitution more
delicate than mans, demand that you
let her sit down.
The second counsel have 10 give
TO the clerks here to-day, is that you
seek out the lawful regulations OF your
Establishment, and then submit 10 them.
Every well ordered house has its
usages. In military life, on ships
deck, in commercial life, there must
be order and discipline. Those people
who do not learn how 10 obey, will
never know how 10 command. will
tell you what young man will reach
ruin, financial and moral; 1t is the
young man who thrusts his thumbs
into his vest and says:
mo one shall dictate TO me, am
my own master; Will not submit TO
the regulations of this house"
From the most important transac-
ton in commerce down 70 the particu-
lar style in which you tie string
around bundle, obey orders. DO not
get easily Disguised. While others
in the store may lounge, or fret, or
complain, you go with ready hands,
and cheerful face, and contented spirit
20 your work When the bugle sounds,
the good soldier asks no questions, but
shoulders his knapsack, fills his can
teen, and listens TO the command OF
"Marchr' DO not get the idea that
your interest and those of your en-
ployer are antagonistic. His success
will be your honor His embarrass-
ment will be your dismay. Expose
none Of the frailties Of the firm. Tell
no store secrets. Do not blab.
Again, counsel clerks In this house
10 search out what are the unlawful
and dishonest demands of an establish
ment and resist them. In the 5000
years that have passed there has never
been an occasion when 1t was ones
duty to sin against God. 1t is never
right to do wrong. If the head men OF
the firm expect of you dishonesty, dis
appoint them.
Again, counsel all clerks TO con-
quer the trials of their particular posi-
ton. one great trial for clerks is the
reconsideration of customers. There
are people who are entirely polite
everywhere else, but gruff and dicta-
torial and contemplate when they
come into a store TO buy anything.
There are thousands of men and wo-
men who 90 from store TO store TO
price things, without any idea Of pur-
chase. They are not satisfied until
every roll of goods is brought down,
and they have pointed out all the real
or imaginary defects. They try on all
kinds of kid gloves and stretch them
out Of shape, and they put on all
STYLES of cloak and walk TO the mirror
10 see how il would look, and then they
sail out of the store, saying: IL will
not take il today" which means: 81
don't want IL at all, leaving the clerk
amid a confusion Of ribbons, and laces
and cloths, TO smooth out $500 worth
of goods-not one cent of which die
that man or woman buy or expect 70
buy. Now | call that dishonesty on
the part of the customer. If DO,
runs into a store and takes roll OF
cloth OFF the counter and sneaks out
into the street, you all join in the cry
pell- NELL "Stop thiefW When ! SET
you 90 into store not expecting Z
buy anything but TO price things, steal
ing the time of the clerk and stealing
the time of his employer, i say, too
stop thief" If / were asked which
, class Of persons most need the grace o
God amid their annoyances, l woulC
say: "Dry goods clerks"
Then there are all the trials OF in
competent wages. Some of you re
member when the war broke out an'
. all merchandise went up, and mer
/, chants were made millionaires in 81.
! months by the simple rise in the value
, OF goods. DID the clerk get advantag
OF that riser Sometimes, not always
. saw estates gathered in those time
over which the curse of God has hun
ever since. The cry OF unpaid me
, and women la those stores reached tn
|, Lord o. Sabaoth, and the indignatio
of God has been around those estat
, lishments ever since; rumbling In tn
: carriage wheels, flashing in the char
delers, glowing from the crimson M
holstery, laundering in the long roll Q
= the ten-pin alley Such men may bull
, up palaces of merchandise heave
high, but after awhile disaster wi
. come, and will put one hand on thi
pillar, and another hand on that pilla
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